Marine equipment industry
There are many shipyards in the surrounding vicinity, including in Onomichi,
Mukaishima, Innoshima, and Ikuchijima. One feature of Onomichi is the many
established manufacturers that fabricate equipment to be delivered to those shipyards.
shipyards.
One point that makes Onomichi different from other maritime cities is the fact thatmany plants produce hull blocks in addition to equipment related to engines, propulsion
devices, deck machinery, and rigging. This section will introduce some of Onomichi'smarine equipment manufacturers.
Aiming to popularize small electronically controlled engines

IMEX
IMEX is the result of a merger in 1990 by four companies established by Hitachi Zosen.
As for its name, the I stands for Innoshima, the M for machinery, the E for engineering,and the X for unlimited growth potential. Currently, the company is separated into
three divisions, namely boilers, diesel engines, and environmental equipment. The coreproduct it is currently producing in terms of marine equipment is diesel engines for
20,000-30,000 grt ships, such as the Hitachi-MAN B&W S/L35MC and S/L42MC models,
which are delivered to small and midsize domestic shipyards. Thus far, it has produced
over 450 units. While electronic control is becoming more widespread with large diesel
engines, the company is currently developing small two-cycle electronically controlleddiesel engines to become a licenser of the technology and widen its product menu.

IMEX Co., Ltd.
President: Taketomi Shingai
Main yard: 2293-1, Innoshimahabu cho, Onomichi
City, Hiroshima 722-2393
Phone: +81-845-22-6411
Fax: +81-845-22-6455
Branches: Osaka branch, Tokyo officeE-mail: info@eco-imex.jp
Homepage: http://www.eco-imex.co.jp/

All products fabricated along the Shimanami Kaido

Iwakitec
Iwakitec's establishment can be traced back to 1957 when it set out in the hull block
fabrication business on Iwagijima. It constructed a yard in the Innoshima Iron Industry
Complex in 1966, and then built its Mukaishima yard in 2006. Its main yard has one
300-ton and two 200-ton jib cranes, and specializes in the fabrication of large structures.
While its Innoshima yard produces mainly hatch covers, it also fabricates liftable car
decks for PCTCs and RORO equipment,
as well as places a focus on design andafter market services. Its Mukaishima
yard has a full production system thatengages in everything from shot blasting
to cutting and assembly. One uniquefeature of Iwakitec is the full production
system it has established along the
Shimanami Kaido with each of its threeyards playing a distinct role.

Iwakitec Co., Ltd.
President: Ichiro Yamamoto
Main Plant: 6017 Iwagi, Kamijima cho, Ochi gun, Ehime 794-2410
Phone: +81-897-75-2121 Fax:+81-897-75-3157
Innoshima Plant: 474-7, Innoshimashigei cho, Onomichi City, Hiroshima 722-2198
Phone: +81-845-25-1145 Fax: +81-845-25-1370
Mukaishima Plant: 111 Mukaishima cho, Onomichi City, Hiroshima 722-0073
Phone: +81-848-20-6040 Fax: +81-848-20-6045
E-mail: office@iwakitec.co.jp
Homepage: http://www.iwakitec.co.jp
Producer of hull blocks and machinery

Innoshima Tekko
Innoshima Tekko was established in 1954. In 1964, it constructed its Shigei plantwithin the Innoshima Iron Industry Complex and began fabricating hull blocks. It has
two yards, namely its main yard and its Shigei plant. Its shipbuilding operations
division fabricates blocks and above-deck structures, while its machinery division
produces facility investment equipment. Currently, it produces a ratio of 60% blocks to
40% machinery. It has four block fabrication plants within its Shigei plant, which
engage in the full fabrication process from marking to cutting and assembly, which arethen delivered mainly to shipyards within the Seto Inland Sea. Its machinery
operations are handled by both its Shigei
and main plants. Its main yard has three
five-faced machining centers, and engages
in start-to-finish production from material
processing to assembly. The company isable to deepen mutual communication
through meetings, making for an open
atmosphere. It employs approximately 180
staff.

Innoshima Tekko
President: Hideki Miyaji
Main yard: 1573, Innoshimamitsunosho cho, Onomichi City, Hiroshima 722-2322
Phone: +81-845-22-3116 Fax: +81-845-22-7389
E-mail: intetu01@muse.ocn.ne.jp
Shigei plant: 474, Innoshimashigei cho, Onomichi City, Hiroshima 722-2102
Phone: +81-845-25-1175 Fax: +81-845-25-1585
E-mail: intetsu-h@circus.ocn.ne.jp
Machinery plant: 474, Innoshimashigei cho, Onomichi City, Hiroshima 722-2102
Phone: +81-845-25-1348 Fax: +81-845-25-1502
E-mail: intetsu-kikai@aurora.ocn.ne.jp
Homepage: http://www.intetsu.co.jp/
Improving hull block competitiveness through collaboration

Innoshima Iron Industry
Innoshima Iron Industry was established in 1964. It was spun off with the goal oflowering costs by having dedicated manufacturers of hull blocks and other products
come together and collaborating in the areas of material import, production control,
quality management, and product delivery while maintaining competitiveness. Throughutilizing the benefits of joint facilities, it has come to be known as a concentrated base oflarge scale and sophisticated hull block production technologies. It has 13 members,
namely Iwakitec, Frontier, Innoshima Kako Center, Okamoto Seisakusho, Katayama
Kogyo, Miyaji Seisakusho, Nissho Wireless, Matsumoto Ironworks, Innoshima
Ironworks, Shinmatsuura Sangyo, Innoshima Gas, Innoshima Seiki, and Enko Sangyo.
The total number of employees inside the complex is nearly 800. Of that, approximately
130 are foreign interns, and there has been an increasing number of interns fromIndonesia and Thailand lately.

Innoshima Iron Industry Corporation
Chairman of the board of directors:
Shinichiro Katashima
Address: 474-1, Innoshimashigei cho,
Onomichi City, Hiroshima 722-2102
Phone: +81-845-25-1151
Fax: +81-845-25-1158
E-mail: so-kumiai@celery.ocn.ne.jp
Installing BWMS with laser scanners

Kashihara Kogyo
Since its establishment in 1962, it has produced ship engine room tanks as its coreproduct. It also takes on contract requests from other equipment manufacturers for the
fabrication of fire extinguishers and explosion-proof equipment. It has also recently
begun a laser scanning service with the aim of using it in the installation of ballast
water management systems (BMWS). The technology, which converts the point clouddata into a 3D CAD file, is currently used by its subsidiary established in Ho Chi Minh,
Vietnam. This technology of using measurement data to create 3D CAD files is also
being used in the reconstruction and expansion of structures protected as cultural
assets such as temples. Henceforth, the company president says that it will use its small
size, which gives it a high freedom of movement, to form a management style that will
create its own markets.

Kashihara Kogyo Co., Ltd.
Ltd.
President: Nobuhiko Kashihara
Main yard: 5800-100, Innoshimashigei
Onomichi City, Hiroshima 722-2102
Phone: +81-845-24-0209
Fax: +81-845-24-3281
Overseas: Ho Chi Minh (Vietnam)
E-mail: tanpopo@k-kashihara.co.jpcho,Designing specialized ships

Kitada Ship
Ship Design
Company president Minoru Kitada left his position as assistant chief of Onomichi
Dockyard's design division to establish Kitada Ship Design Office in 1984. At that time,
the company took on basic design work for Mukaishima Marine of the Hitachi Zosen
group. It also received orders for design work from Singapore's Sembawang Shipyard. It
has also established a joint-venture design company in Hanoi with Vietnam's Vinashin
Shipyard. In addition to Vinashin, it has also received orders for design work fromanother shipyard in Vietnam, namely Dong Bac Shipbuilding. Domestically, it also
designs specialized ships, such as asphalt
carriers constructed by Shinozaki Shipbuilding.
Currently, it also takes on design work for
RORO-type ferries from Taiwan's Jong Shyn
Shipbuilding. It employs approximately 10
people,includingdesignstaff.

Executive

director Akio Kitada handles the bulk ofnegotiations with shipyards.

Kitada Ship Design Co., Ltd.
President: Minoru Kitada
Main yard: 8-30 1-chome, Shinhama, Onomichi City, Hiroshima 722-0014
Phone: +81-848-22-3972
Fax: +81-848-23-6861
E-mail: kitada@kitada-ship.com
Homepage: http://kitada-ship.com
Patent acquired for oiloil-tight hatch

Kyoizumi Industry
Kyoizumi Industry started in 1969 as a dedicated rigging equipment manufacturer. It
produces products such as anchor chain stoppers, oil-tight hatches, square hatches,
manholes, watertight doors, wire reels, and mooring hardware. In addition to its yard in
Mukaishima, it also imports products under a partnership with its yard in Shanghai,
China. It began its partnership with the Shanghai yard 14-15 years ago, making one ofJapan's first corporations to foray into China. It has been able to improve productquality, and the company claims that approximately 25% of its products are produced in
China. The company's core product is oil-tight hatches, of which many are installed on

tankers, including chemical carriers. Normally, oil-tight hatches have windows, butwater droplets make it impossible to see inside the cargo hold. Kyoizumi Industry's
oil-tight hatches, however, are completely sealed but come with wipers, which allows forverification of the cargo hold's contents. Developed about ten years ago, the company
also has a patent for the design. The product has also been well-received by chemical
carrier operators. It has also produced and sold many of its anchor chain stoppers since
it began making the product approximately 20
years ago. In order to improve its engineeringfeatures, it has also been trying to improve its
design department, which includes the adoptionof 3D CAD usage about 10 years ago. It also
plans

on

manufacturing

otherlarge-scale

rigging equipment, such as funnels and deck
crane posts.

Kyoizumi Industry Co., Ltd.
President: Haruhiro Kyoizumi
Head office: 16061-18 Mukaishima cho, Onomichi City, Hiroshima 722-0073
Phone: +81-848-44-3313
Fax: +81-848-45-3338
Overseas partner yard: Shanghai
E-mail: info@kyoizumi.ecnet.jp
Homepage: http//www.kyoizumi.ecnet.jp
Proprietary pipe fabrication technology

Sunlight
Sunlight Industry
Since its establishment in 1970, Sunlight Industry's core business has consisted of thefabrication, shaping, and finishing of stainless steel, iron, and various other kinds ofpipes for ship rigging. Pipe bending work
is normally done by welding pipes tojoints.

Sunlight,

however,

does

its

bending work without cutting or heating
pipes, but rather through a proprietary
cold pipe bending process to create
seamless, joint-free pipes. In addition, aT-piece is normally used to open manyholes in a single pipe, but Sunlight has

another proprietary 'barring' process in which T-pieces are not used. The company saysthat much of its product is used on chemical carriers, which use a great deal of piping.
In addition to delivering its products to on-land machinery plants using its proprietary
pipe working technologies, it also fabricates hull blocks.

Sunlight Industry
President: Tadao Kondo
Main yard: 2135, Innoshimasunoe cho, Onomichi City, Hiroshima 722-2431
Phone: +81-845-28-1213
Fax: +81-845-28-1315
Ikuchi yard: 1153 Hara-cho, Innoshima, Onomichi City, Hiroshima 722-2432
Myoga yard: 2076-5 Myoga, Setoda-cho, Onomichi City, Hiroshima 722-2417
E-mail: sunlight@helen.ocn.ne.jp
Homepage: http://www.sunlight-ind.co.jp
Integrated production, from steel procurement
procurement to block fabrication

JFE Shoji Zosen Kako
JFE Shoji Zosen Kako was established in 2006 as a start-to-finish production hub, fromthe procurement of steel to block fabrication. It utilizes the land, buildings, andfacilities of the former Mukaishima Nishi yard of Hitachi Zosen. It operates a
start-to-finish production system through the cooperation of various companies that
perform shot blasting, cutting, and block fabrication. JFE Shoji Zosen Kako has
procured its fabrication capabilities through coordinating the block fabrication process.
Its process consists of (1) the shot blasting and shot blast primer process, (2) the cutting
and bending process of rolled steel and shaped
steel, (4) fabricating hull blocks, and (4)handling the cargo at ports, sorting, andland/sea transport. This integrated system has
allowed it to reduce costs and deal with theblockprocessing

needs

of

shipyards.

It

engaged in transactions with 40 companies in
2011, including indirect transactions.

JFE Shoji Zosen Kako Corporation
Corporation
President: Tadanaga Suzuki
Main yard: 111 Mukaishima cho, Onomichi City, Hiroshima 722-0073
Phone: +81-848-20-6011
Fax: +81-848-44-6722
E-mail: info@jfe-shoji-zk.co.jp
Homepage: http://jfe-shoji-zk.co.jp/

Ship interiors are its main business

ShinShin-ei Sangyo
Shin-ei Sangyo was established in 1938 as a manufacturer of household furnishings.
While it also manufactures special-order furnishings for schools and hospitals, its
current core business is its ship division, which fabricates interior equipment for living
quarters on ships. Those operations have grown to exceed 85% of its total sales. In
addition to fabricating the living quarter furnishings, it has also begun importing
products from China recently. While the imports are in response to requests to reduce
costs from shipyards, the company puts a thorough focus on product quality
management. With its long history of handling furnishings, it makes thorough efforts tomaintain product quality. While it often engages in the interior construction of generalcargo carriers, it also often deals withferries from Naikai Zosen, one of its
nearby customers, which has allowed it tospecialize in ferry interior operations. For
example, it also participated in the interior
outfitting of the Tsugaru Kaikyo ferry Blue
Dolphin. It employs approximately 40
staff.

ShinShin-ei Sangyo Co., Ltd.
President: Satoshi Nakagawa
Head office: 5012, Innoshimashigei cho, Onomichi City, Hiroshima 722-2102
Phone: +81-845-24-3773
Fax: +81-845-24-3774
E-mail: shinei@mocha.ocn.ne.jp
Homepage: http://www.shinyei-sangyo.co.jp/
Trading marine equipment at the the Seto Inland Sea

Sojitz Marine & Engineering Corp., Onomichi Office
Sojitz Marine & Engineering is a dedicated trading company working in the
shipbuilding, marine transportation, and any solution for maritime business with main
office in Tokyo and Osaka. It was formed by a merger between Nissho Iwai Marine Corp.
and News Maritime in April 2004. Onomichi office was set in spring of 2003 to has
domestic and import/export business transactions of marine equipment with thecustomers in shipbuilders and marine equipment manufacturers located in the widerange in the Seto Inland Sea area. It has presently five(5) staffs including Mr. Shigeto
Morita, General Manager engaged in the marine related business and enjoy its
advantageof

traffic

convenienceof

Onomichi where is the starting point of the
Shimanami coastal highway as well as toaccess in Imabari to the south across theKurushima-Kaikyo Bridge. Sojitz Marine
engages in transactions with customers
based on its broad-ranging network andinformation

sources

that

spans

both

domestic and overseas locations.

Sojitz Marine & Engineering Corporation, Onomichi Office
General Manager: Shigeto Morita
Address: Dai Roku Hotta Bldg. 3rd Floor, 14-15 Nishigosho cho, Onomichi City,
Hiroshima 722-0037
Phone: 0848-20-0711
Fax: 0848-22-3100
Homepage: http://www.somec.co.jp
Testing exhaust heat recovery silencers

Taiko Sangyo
Taiko Sangyo was established in 1968 based on the fabrication of fire doors for ships,
and later began sales of ship silencers in 1987. In addition to expanding its productmenu to include interior products for ship living quarters, its ship emergency power
generation module, of which it had developed and delivered its first unit by 1999, hasalso been installed on many domestically constructed ships. In addition, it also
partnered with a Chinese corporation last year in the area of heat insulation materials
for ships. In recent years, it has continued to expand the scope of its operations,
including the development of ballast water management systems, and various proposals
for antipiracy equipment. It also recently acquired the rights to test its exhaust heatrecovery silencer, which was developed through the Japan Ship Machinery &Equipment Association's (JSMEA) product development operations (with support fromthe Nippon Foundation) and is a product that extracts high-temperature exhaust heatproduced from the exhaust system of a ship's power generation engine to supply thenecessary energy for a ship while docked. The company intends to focus on new efforts
that contribute to reducing energy consumption on ships.

Taiko Sangyo Co., Ltd.
President: Takahiro Matsumoto
Main yard: 9515-1 Mukaishima
Onomichi City, Hiroshima 722-0073
Phone: +81-848-44-5000
Fax: +81-848-44-5779
E-mail: info@taiko-jpn.com
Homepage: http://www.taiko-jpn.com

cho,Developer of jack up rig hoisting equipment

Teramoto Iron Works
Established in 1920, Teramoto Iron Works got its start in the fabrication of blocks forderrick cranes to be used on ships. It has established a reputation in the business, andcurrently manufactures large blocks with lifting capacities of 750 tons. The fabricationof blocks requires both mechanical processing and forging technologies, which it has
utilized to continuously broaden its product menu. In addition to its current coreproduct of deck crane posts, it also deals in ramp doors and dredger equipment. It also
has experience with the fabrication of masts andmast equipment for sailing-type cargo ships. It isalso developing hoisting equipment for jack up rigs,
an area in which the company plans on making
increased efforts once production of offshore wind
power increases. Its ship division currently makes up
about 90% of the company's activities, and has thus
far delivered crane posts to more than 1,000 ships. It
employs approximately 50 staff.

Teramoto Iron Works Co., Ltd.
President: Yoshitaka Teramoto
Main yard: 29-21 Shotoku cho, Onomichi City, Hiroshima 722-0004
Phone: +81-848-22-9321
Fax: +81-848-22-5147
E-mail: head-office@teramoto-iron.jp
Homepage: http://www.teramoto-iron.jp

Specializing in ventilation ducts and exhaust pipes

Toko Kaiun
Toko Kaiun is a shipowner of coastal ships whose main office is in Kobe, and has afabrication division that makes ship engine room ventilation ducts and main engine
exhaust pipes at its Sasaki Heavy Industries division in Innoshima. The company's
beginnings go back to 1945 when it established Sasaki Heavy Industries in Innoshima
with the purpose of delivering ship rigging equipment to Hitachi Zosen's Innoshima
yard. After foraying into the shipping industry, it relocated its headquarters to Kobe in
1965. Sasaki Heavy Industries was absorbed into the later-established Toko Kaiun,creating the organization that exists today. Sasaki Heavy Industries specializes inventilation ducts and exhaust pipes. It
implemented

cutting-edge

laserfabrication equipment six years ago. This
has allowed it to fabricate highly precise
products, and the company says it has also
increased its degree of confidence incustomers.

The

company's

motto

is

'Accurate, fast, and waste-free' (Hajime
Iwamoto,directorof

Sasaki

Heavy

Industries Innoshima sales office).

Toko Kaiun Co., Ltd.
President: Hideo Sasaki
Main yard: 5418, Innoshimashigei cho, Onomichi City, Hiroshima 722-2102
Phone: +81-845-24-3481
Fax: +81-845-24-3483
E-mail: toko_into@ybb.ne.jp
Homepage: http://www.tokokaiun.net/
Comprehensive manufacturer of marine equipment

Toyo Dennetsu Kogyo
Toyo Dennetsu Kogyo is a dedicated marine equipment manufacturer established in
1979. It has three core products, namely fresh water heaters, ship strainers, and marine
equipment fabrication machines such as lathes. In addition to fabrication at its main
plant, it also manufactures some equipment at partnered yards in Dalian and Shanghai,
China. Once products are imported from China, it unitizes equipment by adding control
panels, for example, in the case of fresh water heaters, and delivers the final product todomestic shipyards. In addition to high-value added
products, another feature of Toyo Dennetsu is its ability
to provide excellent cost performance to its customers. It
focuses on gaining trust and providing its customers
peace of mind by providing inspections and after market
services.

Toyo Dennetsu Kogyo Co., Ltd.
President: Akira Yamane
Main yard: 4835-24 Takasu cho, Onomichi City,
Hiroshima 729-0141
Phone: +81-848-46-4688
Fax: +81-848-46-4690
E-mail: toden@line.ocn.ne.jp
Homepage: http://toyo-dennetsu.co.jp
Dedicated
Dedicated rudder manufacturer that also deals in propulsion peripherals

Fuso Kogyo
Fuso Kogyo is a marine equipment manufacturer established in 1961, and celebrated its
50th year in business last year. Rudders are its core product, and it undertakes theentire fabrication process, from the purchasing of materials to completion of thefinished product, for helms for ship ranging in size from small ships less than 100 grt tolarge vessels such as VLCCs, which are then delivered to domestic shipyards. Recently,
it has begun fabricating helms for 150 ships per year.
In addition to helms, it has also dealt in propulsion
equipment, producing equipment such as stern
frames, stern rotating shaft equipment, Kort nozzles,
and shaft brackets. In addition to cargo ships, it has
also supplied products to vessels such as escort ships
from the Maritime Self-Defense Force, patrol vessels
from the Japan Coast Guard, 10,000-grt-class car
ferries, and to two of the National Institute for Sea
Training's (NIST) large training sailing ships, namely
the Nippon-Maru and Kaio-Maru, indicating thecompany's

hightechnical

approximately 70 staff.

prowess.

ItemploysFuso Kogyo Co., Ltd.
President: Senji Hamanaka
Main yard: 26-22 Shotokucho, Onomichi City, Hiroshima 722-0004
Phone: +81-848-24-1100
Fax: +81-848-24-1055
Producer of cylinder frames

Miyoshi Iron Corporation
One of the oldest companies, established in 1925, Miyoshi Iron Corporation changed to
an incorporated organization in 1962. The company's main plant is located to the northof Shin-Onomichi station, inside the Cooperative Onomichi Ironworks Center. Usinglarge machinery, it produces products for marine engines and rudders, as well as
fabricating deck crane posts. It also fabricates 50-type and 60-type cylinder frames formarine engines, and has produced as many as 30 units in busy years. Its high precision
has earned it high evaluations from its customers, and the company is able to produce
super-large products with a product weight of up to 60 tons. In the past, it machine
produced a 10-ton crane hook for a 4,000-ton crane on heavy lifting ship called the Yosho.
Recently, it converted its NC plano-millers to five-faced machining centers, boosting
their operational efficiency by 20% and allowing for more complex processing.

Miyoshi Iron Corporation
President: Masanori Miyoshi
Main yard: 162-18, 2-chome Chojabara,
Onomichi City, Hiroshima 722-0221
Phone: +81-848-48-2311
Fax: +81-848-48-2253
E-mail: miyo1922@urban.ne.jp
Homepage:
http://www.urban.ne.jp/home/miyo1922